Australia’s fuel crisis has triggered a familiar response: emergency coordination, reactive policy adjustments and renewed ...

Antarctica rose to the surface of strategic competition this week. It appeared prominently in both the Australia–New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN) and in China’s new ...

US President Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran crisis and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz underlines an old lesson: force without planning, consultation and legitimacy rarely ends well. History ...

Paranoia about fuel supplies has suddenly entered Australia’s mainstream debate, as Canberra wakes up and starts counting how many frigates and destroyers the Royal Australian Navy actually has. It is ...

When Baghdad’s night sky erupted in tracer fire and explosions in 1991, it meant more than just Operation Desert Storm’s commencement. The resulting CNN effect—whereby 24/7 news reporting covered ...

The economic and social costs of the war in Iran, particularly its effect on global food security and agricultural production ...

As China pursues greater heights in frontier technology, it is also reckoning with the persistent problems of domestic demand, debt and demographic change. This was clear in the documents released ...

China’s military budget increases keep painting a picture that’s inconsistent with the country’s claims to a defensive policy ...

Tuesday’s meeting between the foreign and defence ministers of Australia and New Zealand was a nicely poised display of strategic alignment and statecraft. It balanced an ambitious plan to build an ...

Australia’s military drone pilots are internationally competitive, and the army is beginning to benefit from skills that service personnel are developing privately. Nonetheless, the Australian Defence ...

China’s latest five-year plan enshrines artificial intelligence as a key driver of economic growth and technological ...

Replacing vulnerable but nationally critical information-technology systems takes too long. Australia should follow the ...